I was wondering what would happen with the "The Chain" when Sky took over in 2019. Channel 4 currently use it and it has been in F1 for simply years. And it should remain. I don't know why they are doing this.

OK, I get hat too now. The problem is, who's gonna use The Chain from 2019? Channel 4 haven't confirmed if they are doing a highlights deal. I really hope one freeview Channel will do this. But If Sky don't The Chain, will it be lost? It is way better than that Just Drive song they use which I think is rubbish

Is The Chain really F1's 'unofficial' theme tune? For the 20 odd years that I've been watching, it's only during the three or so years that the BBC had the exclusive rights that I've seen it used in the TV broadcast. ITV and Sky have never used it.

From about the 3:00 minute mark to the end was used as the theme music by the BBC and currently Channel 4 here in the UK from the 1980s.

But the bottom line is this Chain is a local music thing just for the UK. And Liberty is seeking to expand the sport globally. Please explain why someone like me in Canada or some fan in Japan would accept a very old song from 1977. Getting someone like Brian Tyler to create a new and powerful theme tune for the sport is definitely a step forward.

Mental inertia is something I fight daily, people are so resistant to change and so persistent in hanging on to familiar memories.

I really hope they don't get rid of this. It gets me so hyped for the Grand Prix. I could do away with The Chain before this tbh.

Well the top.one is the one from 2003 - 2017 and the bottom one is the one used 1991 - 2002.

This is the theme bed (it's more of a stab really) that they are changing. It is best the theme music that fom uses too bring all broadcasters together into the world feed 5 minutes before the race starts.

The chain has nothing too do with FOM and is solely the use of channel.4 or BBC.

From about the 3:00 minute mark to the end was used as the theme music by the BBC and currently Channel 4 here in the UK from the 1980s.

But the bottom line is this Chain is a local music thing just for the UK. And Liberty is seeking to expand the sport globally. Please explain why someone like me in Canada or some fan in Japan would accept a very old song from 1977. Getting someone like Brian Tyler to create a new and powerful theme tune for the sport is definitely a step forward.

Mental inertia is something I fight daily, people are so resistant to change and so persistent in hanging on to familiar memories.

I'm not so sure it's mental inertia, more emotive. Whenever I hear that tune I'm instantly teleported back to the 80s, when I started watching F1. it's very evocative. Just because a song is old, doesn't make it out-dated. I'm not sure I see what's wring with it.

Incidentally, it's only a few lines from the track. There are no words in the F1 "version" and tbh I have a hard time listening to the complete Fleetwood Mac original. It just sounds "wrong" to me!

I have no problem with Liberty seeking to create a new F1 theme tune. Equally, I have no issue with them using/keeping the Chain, either. The adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" springs to mind. So what if it's only evocative to a (reasonably large) section of the F1 community? Why should that exclude it from other audiences? Change is good, but it doesn't always have to be.

From about the 3:00 minute mark to the end was used as the theme music by the BBC and currently Channel 4 here in the UK from the 1980s.

But the bottom line is this Chain is a local music thing just for the UK. And Liberty is seeking to expand the sport globally. Please explain why someone like me in Canada or some fan in Japan would accept a very old song from 1977. Getting someone like Brian Tyler to create a new and powerful theme tune for the sport is definitely a step forward.

Mental inertia is something I fight daily, people are so resistant to change and so persistent in hanging on to familiar memories.

What is so bad about that? Identifying to something that you know and are familiar with?